Rothman, Tony
Summary: "Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can't answer about the origins of the universe. Enlisting thoughtful analogies and a step-by-step approach, Rothman guides readers through dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, and other topics at-and beyond-the cutting edge of cosmology"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2022
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Summary: "An exploration of the interconnections between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and neuroscience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 MUSSummary: "An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 UNDOrens, Jeffrey
Summary: "In 1911, some of the greatest minds in science convened at the First Solvay Conference in Physics, a meeting like no other. Almost half of the attendees had won or would go on to win the Nobel Prize. Over the course of those few days, these minds began to realize that classical physics was about to give way to quantum theory, a seismic shift in our history and how we understand not just our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books, Ltd 2021
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Summary: Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, explores how quantum connects with everyday reality, and offers engaging, layperson-level explanations of the mind-bending ideas central to modern physics.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2018
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Summary: Provides an introduction to quantum physics, presenting such topics as energy and atoms with simple text and illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDHalpern, Paul
Summary: Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger were friends and comrades-in-arms against what they considered the most preposterous aspects of quantum physics: its indeterminacy. Einstein famously quipped that God does not play dice with the universe, and Schrödinger is equally well known for his thought experiment about the cat in the box who ends up “spread out” in a probabilistic state, neither...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2015
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Summary: Want to understand black holes, antimatter, physics, and space exploration? Looking for a common sense guide to quantum physics that you can actually understand? Rocket Science for the Rest of Us is the book you're looking for! Get a grip on even the most mysterious and complex sciences with Ben Gilliland's guide to dark matter, exo-planets, Planck time, earth sciences, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In a riveting course designed to give non-scientists the matchless experience of scientific discovery and deep understanding, The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know takes you through the most remarkable insights of contemporary physics, showing why physicists believe what they do."--The Great Courses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 EVIFerrie, Chris
Summary: "Quantum physics is weird and spooky and mystical and if you only understood it, you'd be rich and beautiful and have great sex, right? Wrong. Quantum physics is a well-understood science that professional bullshitters use to dupe unsuspecting victims with get-rich-quick scams and bogus self-help advice. This book is a no-nonsense explanation of what quantum physics is and is not, told in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Summary: "One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, Rovelli examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Helgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the 21-year-old Werner Heisenberg first developed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 ROVPalmer, Dexter Clarence
Summary: The compelling story of a couple living in the wake of a personal tragedy. She is a star employee of an online dating company, while he is a physicist, performing experiments that, if ever successful, may have unintended consequences, altering the nature of their lives and perhaps of reality itself. Rebecca Wright has gotten her life back, finding her way out of grief and depression following a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALSchwab, V. E.
Summary: Kell is one of the last Travelers -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes -- as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSummary: Relativity and quantum physics touch the very basis of physical reality, altering commonsense notions of space and time, cause and effect. Both have reputations for complexity, but the basic ideas behind relativity and quantum physics are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. The essence of relativity in a single sentence: The laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 EINPenrose, Roger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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Summary: "The leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Tony Padilla uses nine of the most extraordinary numbers in physics to build a picture of our current best understanding of how the universe works"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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Summary: "Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 FRESantaolalla, Javier
Summary: "Si cuando sales de noche a un sitio despejado levantas la cabeza y solo ves puntos de luz, te estás perdiendo la mejor parte de estar vivo. Yo, Javier Santaolalla, veo partículas que surgen de una gran "explosión" hace miles de millones de años, que chocan y se transforman mientras se van agrupando por gravedad. Veo cómo se van creando cúmulos de materia en forma de nubes de gas, que dan lugar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceano 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 SANLloyd, Seth
Summary: Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 LLOSeife, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: String field theory pioneer Michio Kaku hosts this fascinating look at the cosmic landscape and its relationship to time. The program examines time's curious behavior on a wide range of scales-from atomic nuclei, in which particles can appear to be in two places at once, to black holes, which warp the fabric of space and squeeze time until it stands still. Demonstrating that time travel is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This clever animated biography of Albert Einstein incorporates photos and quotes into a lively overview of the physicist's life and ideas. Careful attention is given to how Einstein reconciled conventional velocity addition with the constant speed of light and how he arrived at his special and general theories of relativity. His most famous equation, E=mc2, is derived in four simple steps. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program focuses on efforts to complete Einstein's quest for a grand unifying theory that will explain all of the forces of nature in the same terms. Will string theory provide the key? Mathematical physicist Nathan Seiberg explains his research on string theory in various dimensions and on particle physics; Edward Witten, named one of the 25 most influential Americans by Time magazine,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006